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by Katie Davis - Steward
Source: The Beginning of the Tumbling, (2004), p.106
For the first time in my life
I did not know one person and
I was in a huge city filled with
people. That was my first night
in Pittsburgh. My roommate
hadn't arrived yet, classes didn't
start for two days, and initially I
can actually be very shy and wait
for someone to come talk to me first.
Then over the next five years, I began
to feel I knew the entire city. I wasn't
the typical college student who went
home every weekend, every holiday,
and every summer, as most of the girls
at my college did. I became a local. I
was there when it was just "Pittsburgh".
I worked regularly, had a long-term
relationship, and could make any plans
with my best friends well in advance.
I had a blast back then.
Now I feel I am back to that first night
again, though, and it's lasting a pretty
long time - 6 months already. It's harder
to meet people when I live with my husband
instead of in a crazy dorm or over-crowded
apartment. I'm finishing my college career
online. And I'm still the same way around
people when I first meet them. I don't know
if San Diego will turn out to be another kind
of "Pittsburgh" or just another city I lived in.
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Always Full, Never Fresh
by Katie Davis - Steward
Source: The Beginning of the Tumbling (2004), p.92
My mom has pots of coffee brewing all
day long, so it may seem she must drink
it like a fiend. Actually, having a coffee
warmer and a microwave helps her work.
on only a few cups a day. With all her
errands, running kids everywhere and
anywhere, and keeping up the house, I
know she very rarely gets her own fresh
cup. Everyone else, though, helps themselves
as they wander in, out, and around, while
she does all the work. She waits until right
before bedtime to possibly kick back with
that one full and fresh cup of coffee. That
only happens a great once in awhile.
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(Copyright(c) 2004 by Katie Davis-Steward)
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American Poet from California
Katie was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when she became a college student. She moved to San Diego, California with her US marine husband.
Katie released her first poetrybook "The Beginning of the Tumbling" in 2004.
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